Forensic application of microbiological culture analysis to identify mail intentionally contaminated with Bacillus anthracis spores.

abstract：:Phytophthora ramorum is a recently described pathogen causing oak mortality (sudden oak death) in forests in coastal areas of California and southern Oregon and dieback and leaf blight in a range of tree, shrub, and herbaceous species in the United States and Europe. Due to the threat posed by this organism, stringent...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Tomlinson JA,Boonham N,Hughes KJ,Griffin RL,Barker I

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chromate reductase purified from Pseudomonas ambigua was found to be homologous with several nitroreductases. Escherichia coli DH5alpha and Vibrio harveyi KCTC 2720 nitroreductases were chosen for the present study, and their chromate-reducing activities were determined. A fusion between glutathione S-transferase ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kwak YH,Lee DS,Kim HB

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shellfish-transmitted Vibrio parahaemolyticus infections have recently increased from locations with historically low disease incidence, such as the Northeast United States. This change coincided with a bacterial population shift toward human-pathogenic variants occurring in part through the introduction of several Pa...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Xu F,Gonzalez-Escalona N,Drees KP,Sebra RP,Cooper VS,Jones SH,Whistler CA

更新日期：2017-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus of Marinobacter is one of the most ubiquitous in the global oceans and assumed to significantly impact various biogeochemical cycles. The genome structure and content of Marinobacter aquaeolei VT8 was analyzed and compared with those from other organisms with diverse adaptive strategies. Here, we report the ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Singer E,Webb EA,Nelson WC,Heidelberg JF,Ivanova N,Pati A,Edwards KJ

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contributions of various components of soil microflora and microfauna to rhizosphere phosphatase activity were determined with hydroponic cultures. Three treatments were employed: (i) plants alone (Bouteloua gracilis (H.B.K.) Lag. ex Steud.) (ii) plants plus bacteria (Pseudomonas sp.), and (iii) plants plus bacter...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gould WD,Coleman DC,Rubink AJ

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simian rotavirus SA-11 was concentrated from tap water by adsorption to and elution from microporous filters, followed by organic flocculation. Two types of filters were compared for their ability to concentrate the virus. Both Zeta Plus 60S and Cox AA type M-780 filters were efficient for virus adsorption, but the ef...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Guttman-Bass N,Armon R

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drinking water quality management requires early warning tools which enable water supply companies to detect quickly and to forecast degradation of the microbial quality of drinking water during its transport throughout distribution systems. This study evaluated the feasibility of assessing, in real time, drinking wat...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Delille A,Quilès F,Humbert F

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the genotypic characteristics of a collection of 100 multidrug-resistant (MDR) Escherichia coli strains recovered from cattle and the farm environment in Ireland in 2007. The most prevalent antimicrobial resistance identified was to streptomycin (100%), followed by tetracycline (99%), sulfonamides...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Karczmarczyk M,Walsh C,Slowey R,Leonard N,Fanning S

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three Methocel methylcellulose ethers of 1.9 degree of substitution with [14C]methyl labels were shown to be biodegradable using batch-type activated sludge tests. The maximum rate for conversion to 14CO2, attained after 1 week, was only 0.62 mg of methylcellulose/g of mixed liquor volatile solids per day. In 20 days,...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Blanchard FA,Takahashi IT,Alexander HC

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenic oomycete Aphanomyces invadans is the primary etiological agent in ulcerative mycosis, an ulcerative skin disease caused by a fungus-like agent of wild and cultured fish. We developed sensitive PCR and fluorescent peptide nucleic acid in situ hybridization (FISH) assays to detect A. invadans. Laboratory-...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Vandersea MW,Litaker RW,Yonnish B,Sosa E,Landsberg JH,Pullinger C,Moon-Butzin P,Green J,Morris JA,Kator H,Noga EJ,Tester PA

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study used the technique of waiting time modeling to analyze the combined effects of temperature, pH, carbohydrate, protein, and lipid on the time-to-toxicity of Clostridium botulinum 56A. Waiting time models can be used whenever the time to the occurrence of some event is the variable of interest. In the case of...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Schaffner DW,Ross WH,Montville TJ

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strains of Ascochyta rabiei which are pathogenic to chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) readily catabolized the main chickpea isoflavone biochanin A (5,7-dihydroxy-4'-methoxyisoflavone). 3'-Hydroxylation and O-demethylation reactions led to the isoflavones pratensein, genistein, and orobol, which were rapidly further degrad...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Kraft B,Barz W

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The broad-host-range (BHR) conjugative plasmids have developed diverse adaptive mechanisms defining the range of their promiscuity. The BHR conjugative RA3 plasmid, the archetype of the IncU group, can transfer between, replicate in, and be maintained in representatives of Alpha-, Beta-, and Gammaproteobacteria Its st...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Lewicka E,Dolowy P,Godziszewska J,Litwin E,Ludwiczak M,Jagura-Burdzy G

更新日期：2020-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Pure cultures of Geobacter sulfurreducens and other Fe(III)-reducing bacteria accumulated hydrogen to partial pressures of 5 to 70 Pa with acetate, butyrate, benzoate, ethanol, lactate, or glucose as the electron donor if electron release to an acceptor was limiting. G. sulfurreducens coupled acetate oxidation with el...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Cord-Ruwisch R,Lovley DR,Schink B

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The functioning of recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS) is essential to maintain water quality for fish health, and one crucial process here is nitrification. The investigated RAS was connected to a rainbow trout production system and operated at an average temperature of 13°C and pH 6.8. Community analyses of the ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Hüpeden J,Wegen S,Off S,Lücker S,Bedarf Y,Daims H,Kühn C,Spieck E

更新日期：2016-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:An extracellular H(inf2)O(inf2)-requiring Remazol brilliant blue R (RBBR) decolorizing enzymatic activity was found in the culture medium of Pleurotus ostreatus. The enzymatic activity was maximally obtained in idiophase, and the optimum C/N ratio was 24. High C/N ratios repressed the enzymatic activity, and addition ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Shin K,Oh I,Kim C

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to extensive studies of phosphorus, widely considered the main nutrient limiting phytoplankton biomass in freshwater ecosystems, there have been few studies on the role of nitrogen in controlling phytoplankton populations. This situation may be due partly to the complexity in estimating its utilization and...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Gillor O,Harush A,Hadas O,Post AF,Belkin S

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overgrowth by spreading molds such as Rhizopus and Mucor species is a problem with fungal enumeration media used for foods. Thirty-one antifungal compounds were surveyed for their ability to selectively inhibit such fungi while allowing growth of mycotoxigenic molds and other species of significance in food spoilage. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： King AD Jr,Hocking AD,Pitt JI

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for direct detection of Listeria monocytogenes in 25 ml of raw milk is presented. The detection limit can be situated between 10 and 5 CFU. The detection method is based on chemical extraction of the milk components and PCR amplification with two nested pairs of primers specific for Listeria monocytogenes. ...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Herman LM,De Block JH,Moermans RJ

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells of a newly isolated environmental strain of Candida humicola accumulated 10-fold more polyphosphate (polyP), during active growth, when grown in complete glucose-mineral salts medium at pH 5.5 than when grown at pH 7.5. Neither phosphate starvation, nutrient limitation, nor anaerobiosis was required to induce po...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： McGrath JW,Quinn JP

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenolic compounds are believed to be promising candidates as complementary therapeutics. Maple syrup, prepared by concentrating the sap from the North American maple tree, is a rich source of natural and process-derived phenolic compounds. In this work, we report the antimicrobial activity of a phenolic-rich maple sy...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Maisuria VB,Hosseinidoust Z,Tufenkji N

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysostaphin (Lst) is a potent bacteriolytic enzyme that kills Staphylococcus aureus, a common bacterial pathogen of humans and animals. With high activity against both planktonic cells and biofilms, Lst has the potential to be used in industrial products, such as commercial cleansers, for decontamination. However, Lst...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Wu X,Kwon SJ,Kim D,Zha J,Mora-Pale M,Dordick JS

更新日期：2018-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of concentration-dependent toluene metabolism were examined by evaluating each term in the second-order rate equation. Marine and freshwater pseudomonads were used. Uptake for Pseudomonas sp. strain T2 was characterized by a completely saturatable system with small transport constant (K(t) = 44 mug/liter)...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Robertson BR,Button DK

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated a ready-to-use real-time quantitative Legionella pneumophila PCR assay system by testing 136 hot-water-system samples collected from 55 sites as well as 49 cooling tower samples collected from 20 different sites, in parallel with the standard culture method. The PCR assay was reproducible and suitable for...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Yaradou DF,Hallier-Soulier S,Moreau S,Poty F,Hillion Y,Reyrolle M,André J,Festoc G,Delabre K,Vandenesch F,Etienne J,Jarraud S

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The consumption of acetate in soils taken from a nutrient gradient in the northern Florida Everglades was studied by stable isotope probing. Bacterial and archaeal 16S rRNA gene clone libraries from eutrophic and oligotrophic soil microcosms strongly suggest that a significant amount of acetate is consumed by syntroph...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Chauhan A,Ogram A

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate that enhanced lysozyme resistance of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli requires the plasmid-encoded regulator, Per, and is mediated by factors outside the locus for enterocyte effacement. EspC, a Per-activated serine protease autotransporter protein, conferred enhanced resistance on nonpathogenic E. col...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Salinger N,Kokona B,Fairman R,Okeke IN

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria in the phylum Acidobacteria are widely distributed and abundant in soils, but their ecological roles are poorly understood, owing in part to a paucity of cultured representatives. In a molecular survey of acidobacterial diversity at the Michigan State University Kellogg Biological Station Long-Term Ecological...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Eichorst SA,Breznak JA,Schmidt TM

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivity of different microorganisms, considered as typical representatives of the microflora of soil and water, was established to evaluate the influence of the nonmedical use of antimicrobial agents on bacterial ecology. Only seven strains, six chemoorganotrophs and one chemolithotroph, could be considered as...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Van Dijck P,van de Voorde H

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solid media on a base of B-12 or CB medium with agarose or agarose of low melting temperature were developed for the cultivation of Microcystis species. The media with 0.4% gel showed the highest number of CFU, and increasing the gel concentration resulted in a reduction of the number of CFU. There was no difference i...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Shirai M,Matumaru K,Ohotake A,Takamura Y,Aida T,Nakano M

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phomenoic acid and phomenolactone, previously isolated from the fungus Phoma lingam (Tode) Desm., have shown moderate antifungal and antibacterial properties in vitro. To rationalize the production of phomenoic acid, a kinetic study of its biosynthesis in the mycelium was performed. Phomenoic acid and phomenolactone a...

journal_title：Applied and environmental microbiology

authors： Topgi RS,Devys M,Bousquet JF,Kollmann A,Barbier M

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00